So I was working on my Mustang in the garage (a sweet 88' V6 with a little rust) and I spilled a little battery acid on my rope. The Lynard Skynnard was loud but not so loud that I forgot my highscool chemistry. I grabbed a bottle of bleach and dumped it over the affected area neutralizing the acid.

I'm glad I remembered to do that, ropes are expensive. Sometimes I think I'm a genius.

The correct choice would have been baking soda and copious quantities of water. As it is, you added an oxidizing base (bleach) to an oxidizing acid (sulfuric acid). It's probable the reaction of these two would have evolved chlorine gas. Another strong oxidizing agent. To make a long story short, your rope is now so much trash.

I knew a post-doc at a particular IV league institution who had the misfortune of spilling 12N HCl. Some of it splashed in his eyes. Fearing for his sight, he quickly splashed a concentrated sol'n of KOH in his eyes.

So I was working on my Mustang in the garage (a sweet 88' V6 with a little rust) and I spilled a little battery acid on my rope. The Lynard Skynnard was loud but not so loud that I forgot my highscool chemistry. I grabbed a bottle of bleach and dumped it over the affected area neutralizing the acid. I'm glad I remembered to do that, ropes are expensive. Sometimes I think I'm a genius.

I spilled some wine on a shirt once. I just soaked the entire shirt in wine instead of trying to get that damn spot out. Next time soak the rope in whatever you spill on it, so at least you know it's evenly affected. Homogeneity is important.

M is molar...N is 'normal', another measure of acidity that I can't remember what it stands for and I truly don't care anymore either.

N (normality) refers to the number of H+ ions in an acidic solution or OH- ions in a basic solution per liter. 6M HCl is the same as 6N HCl since it's monoprotic. 6M H2SO4 is equivalent to 12N H2SO4 since it's diprotic (effectively twice as acidic per mole).